EP0561719B1 - Tube et distributeur le comprenant destiné au stockage et à la distribution de deux produits crémeux ou pâteux - Google Patents

Tube et distributeur le comprenant destiné au stockage et à la distribution de deux produits crémeux ou pâteux Download PDF

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EP0561719B1
EP0561719B1 EP93420116A EP93420116A EP0561719B1 EP 0561719 B1 EP0561719 B1 EP 0561719B1 EP 93420116 A EP93420116 A EP 93420116A EP 93420116 A EP93420116 A EP 93420116A EP 0561719 B1 EP0561719 B1 EP 0561719B1
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Bernard Schneider
Michel Rebeyrolle
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D35/00—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor
    • B65D35/22—Pliable tubular containers adapted to be permanently or temporarily deformed to expel contents, e.g. collapsible tubes for toothpaste or other plastic or semi-liquid material; Holders therefor with two or more compartments

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  • the present invention relates to a tube and a double-walled distributor comprising inside this tube, the device thus produced allowing the storage and the distribution of two creamy or pasty products having to be kept separate until their distribution, for example two products pharmaceutical.
  • this distributor is formed of an inner tube and an outer tube connected together at the base of their necks, the communication between the two tubes for the simultaneous distribution of the two products being carried out by orifices in the inner tube, located (figure) below the neck and in the upper part of the shoulder of this tube.
  • the inner tube thus comprises a neck having a dispensing orifice, this neck being followed by a shoulder and a flexible skirt, as well as above this skirt one or more through lateral windows, the neck comprising an annular external means waterproof fixing of an external neck.
  • each tube is described with their heads upwards, the longitudinal axis of each tube and / or of the device comprising them being assumed to be vertical.
  • the previous document does not give details on the method and method of assembling its two tubes, and it relates to the distribution of at least two products mixed in the mouth of the device, here the neck of the inner tube.
  • GB-A-1 385 924 discloses a dispenser making it possible to delay the mixing of the two products by keeping them separated up to the dispensing orifice.
  • This distributor also consists of an internal tube and an external tube.
  • the internal tube is provided with an intermediate part acting as a shoulder connecting the flexible skirt of said internal tube to half of a cylindrical neck, sealingly separated from another half of said neck by the extension of said intermediate wall.
  • the neck is thus presented as a cantilever appendage, in the form of a cylindrical ring, one part of which communicates with the interior of the internal tube and the other of which, overhanging a part of the shoulder of the internal tube, has its two ends, lower and upper, open.
  • the Applicant has sought to develop a double wall type dispenser making it possible to keep two creamy products or pasty to their dispensing orifice, this device preferably being easy to manufacture and adjust, the tube being able to be mounted without deformation of the head, with rapid and reproducible demolding.
  • the invention relates to a tube comprising a neck having a dispensing orifice, this neck being followed by a shoulder and a flexible skirt, as well as, above said skirt, one or more through lateral windows, the neck comprising annular external means for sealingly securing an external neck and comprising two sealed chambers with respect to each other up to said distribution orifice, the first of these chambers communicating with the interior of the skirt of said tube and the second chamber carrying said lateral window (s), these being located at the base of said neck and above said shoulder which forms the bottom of said second chamber (such a tube is known from GB-A-1385924 ), characterized in that said first chamber has an outer wall connected to said shoulder by a recessed veil of thickness less than 0.6 mm, so as to avoid deformation during withdrawal during the molding age of this tube.
  • This design of the tube to be the inner tube of the storage and distribution device to be produced allows the use of a common outer tube, or slightly modified by the addition of an inner annular relief to cooperate with the outer annular sealing means the neck of the inner tube described above. This cooperation then realizes not only the sealing but also the fixing in height of the outer tube relative to the inner tube, therefore the width or height of the annular gap defined by the two tubes at their shoulders. We will see that this height adjustment as well as the correct seating of the outer tube can be further fixed or improved by the presence of ribs typically arranged in a star on the shoulder of the inner tube.
  • the interior of the neck is divided into two chambers, the first opening into the interior of the skirt where the first product will be stored, and the second to be supplied by its through side windows.
  • the subject of the invention is also a device for storing and distribution of two creamy or pasty products, formed of the preceding inner tube according to any one of its definitions and of an outer tube which has its neck fitted onto the neck of the inner tube and having an annular inner fixing means which then cooperates with the annular external means for sealingly securing said neck of the internal tube, the through lateral windows opening onto the annular gap comprised between the two tubes.
  • the lower ends of the two skirts are welded after filling the skirt of the inner tube and the annular gap, the welded end of this skirt of the inner tube remaining inside the skirt of the tube welded exterior.
  • the two creamy or pasty products thus conditioned preferably have a relative difference in viscosity not exceeding 20%, and more preferably viscosities respectively greater than 6000 mPa.s (6000 cP), the corresponding products then no longer presenting a risk. flow from the orifice of one chamber to that of the other chamber when the distributor is straightened after dispensing products by tilting down its double neck and pressing its outer skirt.
  • the neck is then closed by a capsule, the bottom of which comes to bear in leaktight manner on the orifice, that is to say on the end orifices of the two chambers and on the top of the middle partition which separates them. , so that there is no contamination of one product by the other for the products remaining stored in the dispenser, or by a capsule, the internal sealing means of which comprise two parts which respectively fit into the ends of the two neck chambers.
  • the inner tube is preferably made of polyolefin, typically polypropylene or polyethylene, it can be manufactured for example by injection molding.
  • the outer tube commonly produced or barely modified by adding an annular relief on the outside of the neck, is either made of polyolefin or any other material used for a flexible tube. It can for example be an aluminum tube.
  • Abutment ribs 25 are also preferably used in the preceding cases, they then contribute to stopping the insertion by machine while avoiding forcing on the annular fixing 24 and 10 of the two necks.
  • the distributor 21 of FIG. 5 is formed of the tube 1 of FIG. 1 and of an external tube 23 differing from the external tube of FIG. 3 only by the geometry of its annular rib 24 for fixing, here having a cross section in V complementary to that of the groove 10 of the tube 1.
  • such a distributor 21 is formed an inner tube 1 according to the invention and an outer tube 23 having a neck 27 fitted onto the neck 2 of the inner tube 1 and having an annular internal fixing means 24 which then cooperates with the sealed annular external fixing means 10 of said neck 2 of the inner tube 1, the through lateral windows 9 of the tube 1 opening onto the annular gap 26 comprised between the two tubes 1 and 23.
  • annular means 24 and 10 cooperating for the fixing together of two necks 27 and 2 are overlapping reliefs, they can solve alone the problem of sealing at the top of the annular gap 26.
  • the closure cap 28 screwed onto the external neck 27 has a bottom 29 which, in the closed position, presses tightly on the orifice 3 and on the free end edge of the central partition 18.

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EP93420116A 1992-03-16 1993-03-15 Tube et distributeur le comprenant destiné au stockage et à la distribution de deux produits crémeux ou pâteux Expired - Lifetime EP0561719B1 (fr)

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FR9203326A FR2688488B1 (fr) 1992-03-16 1992-03-16 Tube et distributeur le comprenant destine au stockage et a la distribution de deux produits cremeux ou pateux.
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AT (1) ATE134960T1 (ja)
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DE (1) DE69301667T2 (ja)
ES (1) ES2084475T3 (ja)
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ATE134960T1 (de) 1996-03-15
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